Desiring a Better Country

Today, we continue our series of Policy Options articles that have emerged as a response to our Spirited Citizenship: Care, Conflict, and Virtue round table in Ottawa last month, convened in partnership with the Angus Reid Institute to mark Canada’s Sesquicentennial.

“Do religious and faith communities have some role to play in public life? About half of Canadians would agree that they do,” says Cardus executive Vice President Ray Pennings.

“There’s a good chance that bringing religiously inspired perspectives to the public sphere would help create a better country,” says Pennings. Indeed, he contends, “…there is room in a diverse and tolerant nation for voices of faith in the Canadian public square today.”

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